This study aimed to determine the level of patient status information and influence the level of family stress in the intensive care unit of Regional Hospital of Trujillo. January-June 2014. The methodology used was quantitative, not experimental, descriptive-correlational, prospective, transversal. The random sample consisted of 107 relatives of patients in September 2014. As the test instrument level information is used; for determining the level of stress the Perceived Stress Scale (Perceived Stress Scale, PSS) was used, both instruments met the reliability requirements. The chi-square test for related samples and contingency coefficient Pearson chi-square was used for statistical evaluation of association of variables. The results show: 1) The level of information to patients at Regional Hospital provided the relative of the intensive care unit is medium level (68%) and high (32%) th...